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Other activities holidaymakers have done while on holiday but wouldn't do at home include: getting a piercing or tattoo (13 per cent); Skydiving (12 per cent); bungee jumping (10 per cent); travelt in an unlicensed taxi (7 per cent); and get married spontaneously (7 per cent).

Britain's older women prove to be the more daring, with 50 per cent of over 45s revealing they would sunbathe topless abroad, compared to 25 per cent of 16-24-year-old.

Holiday behaviour: 13% of Brits have got a tattoo while on holiday

10 THINGS BRITS DO ABROAD...

1 Sunbathe topless 25%2 Skinny dip 24%3 Go to a strangers party 21%4 White Water Raft 19%5 Interact with a dangerous animal 18%6 Get a piercing or tattoo 13%7 Skydive 12%8 Bungee jump 10%9 Get in an unlicensed taxi 7%10 Get married spontaneously 6%

Scotland appears to have the bravest party animals, with a third stating they would happily gate-crash a stranger's event whilst on holiday, whilst one in five Welsh inhabitants are the most likely to fly home with a new tattoo.

Holiday romances seem to be playing a huge part in spontaneous marriages, with 15 per cent 16-24-year-olds admitting to having unplanned weddings abroad

Alison Couper of Hotels.com said: ‘It seems we use our holidays as an excuse to let our hair down sometimes and really try a lot of activities we wouldn’t think about while at home.

‘Our research helps to show that Brits can find a daredevil activity to take part in whatever our age – we just hope that everyone has the correct holiday insurance whilst all these daring acts are happening!’